ZIM REGGAE & DANCEHALL STARS EMBRACE HOMOPHOBIA
Zimbabwean reggae and dancehall performers have started publicly expressing anti-gay views to their fans, emulating some of their infamous international counterparts. Jamaican artists in the genre have come under fire for their homophobic performances and song lyrics since the early 1990s. They’ve faced boycotts and concert cancellations in Europe and the US due to their […]
COLUMNIST: “GAY SEX LEADS TO WEARING ADULT DIAPERS”
A misguided Nigerian columnist has claimed that many gay men are forced to wear “diaper-like products” because of their sexual activities. Benedict Hart’s Protecting children from the scourge of homosexuality was published on Saturday by the Nigerian Vanguard daily. In the article, he backs President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to sign an oppressive new anti-gay law […]
DSTV DROPS UGANDA GAY HATE TABLOID ADS
DSTV, the South African based African pay TV satellite network, has had to explain why it has been placing advertising with an anti-gay Ugandan publication. Earlier this month, Robert Collins, a member of the gay community in Johannesburg, noticed a DSTV ad on the website of the notoriously homophobic Red Pepper Ugandan tabloid. The publication […]
KENYA NEWSPAPER: GAYS PAYING STUDENTS FOR SEX
A Kenyan newspaper has published an anti-gay scare story about alleged predatory homosexuals; perpetuating the myth that gays are out to “recruit” young people in Africa. The Nairobian last week published an “expose” – under the headline “Shock as gays offer university students Sh250 for sex” – about an apparent “massive marketing campaign” by gay […]
NIGERIAN GOV LIES OVER ANTI-GAY LAW
In the wake of international condemnation, the Nigerian government has continued to falsely claim that its new anti-gay law is simply intended to “discourage” same-sex marriage. Defending the country’s so called Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, insisted that the law did not outlaw homosexuality. Speaking in the […]
IS DRC SET TO FOLLOW IN UGANDA’S FOOTSTEPS?
There are concerns that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be faced with an anti-homosexuality law inspired by Uganda and Nigeria’s draconian legislation. This week we reported that there are moves afoot in Kenya to target the LGBT community, but the new wave of African state homophobia may also be spreading to the DRC. […]
SA GAY PARTY DROPS OUT OF ELECTION RACE
South Africa’s recently formed gay and lesbian political party has dropped out of this year’s election race. Last month, Michael Herbst, founder of the Equal Rights Party, made international news when he announced that the party had registered to contest the upcoming national elections. He said that he hoped to secure a number of seats […]
AFRICA’S ANTI-GAY CRACKDOWN: IS KENYA NEXT?
The Kenyan parliament has demanded that the government explain why gays and lesbians are not being prosecuted under the country’s existing anti-gay laws. MP Irungu Kangata, who has been actively campaigning against LGBT rights, demanded that the Director of Public Prosecutions and the State explain what measures have been taken to enforce these laws. Kangata […]
ACTIVISTS STRIKE AGAINST UGANDA’S ANTI-GAY LAW
In a major development, a group of prominent activists and scholars in Uganda have lodged a challenge against the country’s recently enacted Anti-Homosexuality Act in the Constitutional Court. According to the blog O-blog-dee-o-blog-da, the Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law (CSCHRSL) filed the petition with the help of seven advocates from five […]
SOUTH AFRICA TO HOST AFRICAN SEMINAR ON LGBTI RIGHTS
It appears that the South African government is planning to host a potentially ground-breaking regional seminar on the rights of African gay people this year. The country has been widely criticised for not condemning the recent anti-gay laws passed in Uganda and Nigeria, or for that matter any of the 37 African countries that criminalise […]